Halloween Pie Recipes

HALLOWEEN WHOOPIE PIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a medium bowl, whisk flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, and salt; set aside.
• In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat 1/2 cup butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg; beat until smooth. With mixer on low, alternately add flour mixture and applesauce, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Mix just until smooth (do not overmix).
• Drop dough by heaping tablespoons, 2 inches apart, onto two baking sheets. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center of a cookie comes out clean, 10 to 14 minutes. With a thin metal spatula, immediately transfer cookies to a wire rack; let cool completely.
• Meanwhile, make filling: In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat vanilla and remaining 1/2 cup butter until light and fluffy. Gradually add confectioners sugar, beating until smooth.
• Spread bottom of half the cookies with 1 tablespoon filling each; sandwich with remaining cookies, pressing gently so filling oozes out slightly. Sprinkle exposed filling with nonpareils. Let rest 15 minutes to set.

HALLOWEEN PIE

Steps:

• Either purchase a prepared chocolate wafer pie crust, or make one: Crush one package chocolate wafer cookies into fine crumbs, mix with 1/3 cup melted margarine, and press all but three tablespoons of the crumb mixture into a ten-inch pie plate.
• To make the filling: Combine the orange jello, boiling water, sugar, orange juice and orange rind (freshly grated, not dried), stirring until the sugar crystals are dissolved.
• Chill in a bowl until this reaches a soft jelly-like consistency.
• Whip the chilled evaporated milk (a small tin, 160 mL in size, not the big one) until it becomes light and frothy.
• Fold this into the jello mixture along with the liqueur.
• Pour into the pie shell, and sprinkle with reserved crumbs, if available.
• Chill for one to two hours before serving.
• This lets the pie set and you'll be able to cut it into slices.

HALLOWEEN SHEPHERD'S PIE

Steps:

• You should prepare the meat filling and mashed potatoes simultaneously so they are ready at the same time.
• **Meat filling**.
• Preheat the oven to 375 and lightly grease a 3-quart casserole dish.
• Brown the beef in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Drain. Add frozen vegetables to skillet and heat over medium while making the gravy.
• Melt the butter in a small saucepan. Whisk the flour into butter, cook over medium heat for 2 minutes. Add stock, ketchup, Worcestershire and cook for 5 minutes to thicken. Season with salt and pepper. Pour over meat and veggies and stir to combine.
• Spoon meat into casserole dish.
• **Mashed Potatoes**.
• Peel and quarter potatoes and put into large saucepan. Cover with water and boil for 20 minutes.
• Drain potatoes. Mash the potatoes with masher or electric mixer and beat until smooth. Add the milk and butter. Stir in the cheese if desired and season the potatoes to taste with salt and pepper.
• Using 1/2 the mashed potatoes, spread a thin layer over the entire casserole. Spoon the remaining mashed potatoes into large ziploc bag and cut opening about 1/2" wide off one bottom corner. Squeeze conical ghosts about 3" tall onto the prepared casserole dish of shepherd's pie, pushing down the bag to make a thicker base and then tapering upward to a narrow head. Add a couple of seeds on the heads for eyes.
• Bake pie and potatoes for 20-25 minutes until the sauce is bubbling serve immediately.